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Nearly 90% of Australians want government to step in on energy costs, poll finds

Survey shows strong support for lowering prices by limiting exports and imposing windfall profits tax on gas companies

The Guardian - AU

Remember struggling Australians: Taylor

Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor has used his first major post-budget speech to accuse Labor of failing to help Australians struggling with the cost of living.

AAP

'All pork': Chris Steel slams funding for roads

A transport funding row which erupted last week has continued, as the ACT government defends the plans.

The Canberra Times

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Finance Minister Katy Gallagher and federal budget criticised for ignoring youth and cost of living on Q+A

The government is criticised for not doing enough to ease cost-of-living pressures for Australia's most vulnerable and youth as the impact of rising inflation bites.

ABC News

Labor's Budget commitments to the Hunter need timely funding on the follow through

Thanks for the Budget Jim, now keep it coming

Newcastle Herald

Michael Pascoe: The budget without reply

Next Thursday the Sydney Liberal Party faithful are being invited to pay $880 a seat for lunch and to listen to a budget reply.

The New Daily

Students cop cuts, as rorts and zombie plans axed with more than $20 billion saved

Tens of thousands of students will miss out on university fee discounts worth $36 million a year as Labor slashes some budget spending.

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Jim Chalmers’ 2022-23 budget mantra: whatever you do, don’t fuel inflation

Terrified by the prospect of further stoking the worst inflation in three decades, Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher have delivered a budget that takes out of the economy about as much as it pumps into it.

The Conversation

Women's safety and prosperity a key focus

The Albanese government will spend a record amount of funding to improve gender equality for Australian women, with economic security at the centre of its plan.

AAP

Jim Chalmers says the Coalition is responsible for $1 trillion of debt in the federal budget. Is that correct?

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the budget is "heaving with a trillion dollars in Liberal Party debt". Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

ABC News

PM says ‘family-friendly’ budget will tackle cost of living pressure – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Labor gears up to hand down first budget

Soaring inflation and almost a trillion dollars of debt will set the scene for the Albanese government's first budget.

AAP

Labor’s ‘rorts and waste’ audit to deliver $10bn in savings to federal budget

Government will also shuffle funds and axe Coalition projects to free up $11bn for their own policy priorities

The Guardian - AU

Car parks to get the chop and road upgrades delayed in budget as government tightens belt

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher argues that the projects promised before April's federal election were an attempt to win votes and were not value for money.

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Budget to reveal $20 billion in savings, with Coalition grants in the firing line

The government's budget will bring the axe down on billions in Coalition grants as part of a broader $21 billion savings drive.

The Guardian - AU

Housing, Indigenous and domestic violence services to receive extra $560m in federal budget

Exclusive: The partial indexation of funding aims to help community organisations cope with rising costs

The Guardian - AU

Chalmers offensive: crunch time as treasurer faces first federal budget

A volatile global economy looms as Jim Chalmers assembles the Albanese government’s inaugural budget, where he will be judged on delivering on election promises while exercising restraint

The Canberra Times

ACT Labor, Greens reject calls to condemn Gallagher over housing debt

But the parties have agreed to continue raising the matter with the Commonwealth.

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Parton says govt needs to condemn 'in the strongest terms' housing debt 'backflip'

The opposition will bring forward a motion in the Assembly on Wednesday.

AAP

Pay rise set for federal public servants

Federal public servants will get a three per cent pay rise in the next 12 months as part of a new workplace relations agreement.

AAP

Govt defends big road and rail spending

The federal government hopes a near-$10 billion infrastructure investment won't do more to drive inflation as it prepares for October 25's budget.

ABC News

Review of $14.5b Inland Rail project to be led by ex-energy boss Kerry Schott

The federal government has hand-picked Australia's former Energy Security Board chair to scrutinise its controversial 1,700km Inland Rail project.

ABC News

Government announces 3 per cent pay rise for Australian Public Service staff

The Albanese government says the interim wage rise shows it is committed to "be better" than its predecessor when bargaining with its workforce.

The Guardian - AU

Liberal moderate Bridget Archer says Labor right to be questioning stage-three tax cuts

Archer tells Albanese government ‘it’s OK to change your mind’ as debate continues within ALP about future of Coalition tax package

The Guardian - AU

‘Differences of opinion’ within Labor over stage-three tax cuts amid worsening economic outlook

Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones says government ‘not walking away’ from previous policy but framing budget in ‘difficult’ circumstances

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